We have the CLax playoffs with the Final Four this weekend and the last week of the NLL season, plus the Canadian lacrosse world has seen its share of stories this week. Connor Danko Goalie of the Year The Canadian Lacrosse League is pleased to announce Niagara Lock Monsters Connor Danko as the 2013 CLax Goalie of the Year and the Brampton Inferno’s Ben McCullough as the 2013 CLax Defensive…
The National Lacrosse League has hit week 16 with three teams battling for the final two playoff positions. While the team battles are ongoing, so are the individual statistic battles of the players. Every team plays this weekend except for the Toronto Rock. Garrett Billings has 100 points on the season, two back of the league leader Shawn Evans from the Calgary Roughnecks. This means that Billings will not be…
The NLL Draft is now just about six months away. About time we start previewing it, right? We’ve been looking at the top prospects in the game all month along with needs for some of the teams and draft positions. Chaka Bainbridge is a lacrosse super agent and represents more than a few prospects who are ready for the 2014 draft. This draft is being called one of the deeper…
The Boston Cannons were coming off of their first MLL Championship in 2011. But 2012 wasn’t exactly as they expected. Boston started out the season 4-0 before a stunning OT loss to Rochester. They lost two of their next four as well as they struggled to score late in games, and ultimately finished with the last playoff seed and lost in the playoffs to Chesapeake. In 2013, their roster isn’t…
Tonight at 6pm Over and Back hits the air talking CLax playoffs with InLax Toronto analyst Scott Arnold. Arnold, who is also the Lacrosse Radio Network voice of the Durham TurfDogs, talks with TurfDog forward Shane Scott about their upcoming matchup with the Toronto Shooting Stars. Then come back at 8pm tonight for Lacrosse Lounge back in its second season, previewing the Major League Lacrosse season. Phil Shore from In…
The Langley Thunder have the western rights to Mark Matthews after they made him the fifth overall pick last season. However, his overall rights currently belong to Major Series Lacrosse’s Brooklin Redmen. The Thunder have won the Western Lacrosse Association for two years in a row, and Matthews says he wants to play for them. However, Brooklin is refusing to release him. Matthews has scored 37 goals with the Edmonton…
North Carolina Tar Heels vs Hofstra Pride #6 North Carolina Tar Heels head to Hempsted New York to take on the #20 Hofstra Pride. UNC is coming off a huge win, where they took down the Virginia Cavaliers 10-7, and is looking to improve their rank headed into the ACC and National tournaments. Do not just look at the ranks and call this a victory though, Hofstra is coming…
A loss tonight for the Buffalo Bandits could end their playoff hopes. If they lose and Rochester wins just one game weekend, the Bandits will head home in week 16 an eliminated team. The Stealth are looking to clinch home field in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs after they clinched a seed last week. They have the tiebreaker over the Calgary Roughnecks, so a win tonight would…
The Bellarmine Knights have been one of the stories of the season in the NCAA, and leading them all year long has been goaltender Dillon Ward. We talked to the top goalie prospect in lacrosse, and he said he has loved this season with the Knights. “Season has been great so far. The guys are really excited about our success so far and were striving for our season goal of…
The CLax playoffs are here and there are just two weeks left in the NLL season. Here are the top ten stories we learned about this week. Demons and Ironmen in Rematch Ohsweken’s regular season was book ended with two wins over Iroquois but they also suffered a loss against them mid-season. The Demons have had an up and down season and have probably been the most inconsistent team in…